| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Pusya" | Hindu | Goddess of fortune. After performing Sraddha one should påśś the night, with effort, in celibacy. When the full-moon night of the Pausa be åśśociated with Pusya, then a person, smeared with the powder of white mustards, should anoint his body with purified butter. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Pusya" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
| Goddess name "Puta" | Roman | A goddess responsible for the proper pruning of trees & shrubs respond |
| Goddess name "Puta" | Roman | Goddess of Agriculture. Specifically responsible for the proper pruning of trees and shrubs.... |
| Ghost name "Puttam" | Hindu | A malicious imp or ghost who haunts the places where bodies are burned. Hindu |
| King name "Pwyll" | Welsh | In the tale of Pwyll, the earliest reference to Annwn, the Welsh mythological otherworld, occurs. It is ruled by Arawn, at war with Hafgan. Arawn obtains the help of Pwyll by exchanging kingdoms with him for a year, and Pwyll defeats Hafgan. Welsh |
| God name "Pwyll" | Celtic / Welsh | Chthonic god. The so-called Lord of Dyfed who, according to tradition, brought the pig to Wales having received it as a gift from ARAWN, the underworld god. He earned the reward by substituting for Arawn and fighting his enemy Hafgan, in payment for an unintended slight to Arawn, whom he met one day while out hunting. His consort is RHIANNON and his son is PRYDERI.... |
"Pwyll/ Pwyll Pen Annwn" | Wales | Sometimes the ruler of the underworld |
| Cyclop name "Pyracmon" | Greek | One of the Cyclops. Greek |
"Pyramus" | Greek | The lover of Thisbe. Supposing Thisbe to be torn to pieces by a lion, he stabbed himself, and Thisbe, finding the dead body, stabbed herself also. Both fell dead under a mulberry-tree, which has ever since borne blood red fruit. Greek |
"Pyrrha" | Greek | A daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora, and wife of Deucalion who together with her husband escaped the Great Deluge. |
"Pythagoras" | Greek | His triad was the Monad or Unity, Nous or Wisdom, and Psyche |
"Pythia" | Greek | An ancient Greek priestess at the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. Greek |
"Python" | Greek | The famous dragon who guarded the oracle of Delphi, is described as a son of Gaea. He lived in the caves of mount Parnåśśus, but was killed by Apollo, who then took possession of the oracle. Greek |
| Goddess name "Päivätär" | Finland | The goddess of day. |
| Hero name "Q'a'mtalat" | Canada | The Kwakiutl flood hero, who died in the Great Flood while successfully trying to save his children by removing them to the summit of a high mountain. They became the ancestors of a post-deluge humanity. Canada |
| Hero name "Q'o'mogwa" | Kwakiutl | Copper-maker, leading culture hero of the Kwakiutl, native inhabitants of the Canadian Pacific coast. |
| Spirit name "QUIKINN.A'QU (big raven)" | Koryak / Kamchatka peninsula, southeastern Siberia | A spirit of a primitive culture still heavily influenced by animism. Founder of the world.... |
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